New Potsdam staffing service in operation

POTSDAM -- Persone Staffing, at 65 Main St. (Peyton Hall), is a new human resources, staffing, and business services firm in the North Country.

With a team that has decades of experience in the field, Persone has a client base through the Northeast.

CEO is Tom DeRosa, a man of broad experience, is a former member of the Potsdam Planning and Development Office and is a restaurant owner.

Geri Barney is general manager. She returned to the North Country 12 years ago from Rochester, where she managed the special products division of a major financial printing company. Since returning, she has managed First Crush Bistro in Potsdam and, before that, accumulated nine years’ experience in personnel staffing.